Academic Advisor Resources

Advising Enrichment Series Committee

The Advising Enrichment Series (AES) committee is an advisor-led professional development planning committee comprised of full-time undergraduate and graduate advisors at Texas Woman’s University.

The committee is responsible for providing educational opportunities and leadership development to new and experienced advisors to support the professional growth, development, and professionalization of advisors across the university.

Orientation & workshop

The AES committee also coordinates the annual summer orientation training and advisor workshop in May.

This day-long event provides departmental updates from campus partners across the university to prepare advisors for summer orientation, while the afternoon workshop involves small group discussions about popular advising topics between new and experienced academic advisors.

Topics

Previous topics have included:

TSI
Probation and Suspension
Study Abroad/International Students
Advisor self-care
Certification of VA students

Committee members

Dennise Mendez – (Co-Chair) – Program Director and Academic Advisor, School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology, College of Health Sciences
Mollie Patrick – (Co-Chair) – Academic Advisor II, University Academic Advising
Hunter Hancock - Academic Advisor I, College of Arts & Sciences
Sar Fenske – Academic Success Advisor, University Academic Advising
Jessica Chang – Academic Advisor II, College of Arts & Sciences, Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences

College Advising Leadership Meeting (CALM)

The CALM Team meets throughout the year to collaborate and discuss important advising issues facing undergraduate students at Texas Woman’s University. The group is led by the associate director of University Academic Advising.

Membership is comprised of senior advising leadership from each academic college or department. This team is responsible for disseminating advising information to advisors and making sure that there is consistency in our advising practices across the institution.

Team members

University Academic Advising

Wylijanna Cole, Assistant Director, Academic Recovery & Resilience
Kim Taylor, Associate Director, Academic Advising
John Thompson, Assistant Director, Academic Advising
Shay Mitchell, Senior Academic Advisor & Retention Specialist (Not pictured)
Zara Van Alstyne, Senior Academic Advisor and Retention Specialist (Not pictured)
Luis Guerra, Coordinator, Advising Support Services (Not pictured)
Sar Fenske, Academic Success Advisor, University Academic Advising (Not pictured)
Mollie Patrick, Academic Advisor II, University Academic Advising (Not pictured)

College of Arts & Sciences

Vicki Jennings, Coordinator, College of Academic Advising
Jessica Aughe, Manager of College Academic Advising
Lacy Abalasei, Coordinator, College of Academic Advising

College of Business

Chris Cooper, Assistant Director, Academic Support
Molly Koerner, Academic Advisor II
Ryann Munthe, Academic Advisor II

College of Health Sciences

Dennise Mendez, Manager of Advising Services, School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology
Molly Ramon, Academic Advisor II

College of Professional Education

Linda Kobler, Academic Certification Analyst, Office of Educator Preparation Services (Not pictured)
Larisa Kliman, Academic Advisor II, School of Human Sciences (Not pictured)

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